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"WHAT!"
"In the name of Heaven!" Trask was the only one of us not to confess his surprise; the only one, that is, save Beatrice, who stood regarding us quietly as if surprised by nothing except our surprise.
"But where's Keith?"
"Yes, what became of Keith?" I cried, not feeling satisfied to see Longstreet usurp the whole center of the stage.
"Why, he―"
Beatrice stopped and bit her lip.
"What makes you ask me that?" she demanded suddenly.
"Why, he took you to see Linda, didn't he?" asked Trask, speaking for the first time and with a carelessness that disarmed her suspicions.
"Yes yes, but I was asked not to tell anyone that," protested Beatrice, and then, perceiving that she had unintentionally admitted it, she inquired, "but but how did you know it?"
In the sudden melee, and i
